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Just realized George Michael - Father Figure is about “grooming”

Somehow this flew under the radar… I will be your ...
Up-to-no-good Background Story
  11/22/23
was ok till the lyric, "put your tiny hand in mine"...
Razzmatazz ape
  11/22/23
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,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,:,,:,,.,:::,.,,.,:.,,.:.,:.,:.::,.
  09/30/25
"Be your daddy, woahooo, I will be yours"
vivacious wrinkle
  11/22/23
I will be your teacher, preacher Anything you had in mind
dark bearded garrison
  11/22/23
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Up-to-no-good Background Story
  12/04/23
Holy fuck
Iridescent godawful selfie
  11/22/23
it's insane that millions of women legit believed he was str...
anal brunch
  11/22/23
Bill Hicks knew https://youtu.be/jZi4vz26psI?si=bzIdmbmX...
Up-to-no-good Background Story
  11/22/23
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Flirting messiness
  11/23/23
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Flirting messiness
  04/28/24
Women are 180
histrionic orchestra pit headpube
  12/15/24
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violent masturbator national
  12/15/24
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Up-to-no-good Background Story
  11/23/23
I will be the one who shitpoasts Till The End Of...
dark bearded garrison
  11/23/23
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Up-to-no-good Background Story
  11/23/23
wrong. it's about pure love. "George Michael didn't ev...
Exhilarant shrine
  11/23/23
"In the song, George is searching for something "s...
Exhilarant shrine
  11/23/23
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Exhilarant shrine
  11/26/23
I remember how big the song was as a kid. In 1988, nobody wa...
shimmering property sandwich
  11/26/23
the 11 yo boy thought as he looked down at his small hands
Exhilarant shrine
  11/26/23
I'm 100% cynical now, but not when I was 8. I didn't even im...
shimmering property sandwich
  11/26/23
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Up-to-no-good Background Story
  11/29/23
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dark bearded garrison
  12/15/24
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Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband
  09/30/25
Adam Carolla has a great bit about how Freddie Mercury was b...
pink pungent halford
  04/28/24
180 song
snowy cruel-hearted degenerate
  12/04/23
He gets writing credit but there’s no way he wrote the...
Up-to-no-good Background Story
  12/04/23
is he not good at melody or something? he's got some grea...
snowy cruel-hearted degenerate
  12/04/23
he was purely a producer driven act
Up-to-no-good Background Story
  12/04/23
WTF dude was talented as fuck
contagious canary ticket booth doctorate
  12/15/24
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  12/19/23


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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:26 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good Background Story

Somehow this flew under the radar…

I will be your father figure

Put your tiny hand in mine

I will be your preacher teacher

Anything you have in mind

I will be your father figure

I have had enough of crime

I will be the one who loves you 'til the end of time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47087128)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:31 PM
Author: Razzmatazz ape

was ok till the lyric, "put your tiny hand in mine" when I blurted out, "WHat the what, your what in WHAAAA?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47087159)



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Date: September 30th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: ,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,:,,:,,.,:::,.,,.,:.,,.:.,:.,:.::,.




(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#49315193)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 3:33 PM
Author: vivacious wrinkle

"Be your daddy, woahooo, I will be yours"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47087169)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:02 PM
Author: dark bearded garrison

I will be your teacher, preacher

Anything you had in mind

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47087285)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 8:52 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good Background Story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47130843)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: Iridescent godawful selfie

Holy fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47087290)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:03 PM
Author: anal brunch

it's insane that millions of women legit believed he was straight for years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47087294)



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Date: November 22nd, 2023 4:04 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good Background Story

Bill Hicks knew

https://youtu.be/jZi4vz26psI?si=bzIdmbmXn31qBbm5

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47087300)



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:48 AM
Author: Flirting messiness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47089604)



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Date: April 28th, 2024 10:02 PM
Author: Flirting messiness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47616706)



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:14 PM
Author: histrionic orchestra pit headpube

Women are 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#48452737)



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:19 PM
Author: violent masturbator national



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#48452750)



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 9:36 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good Background Story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47089430)



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:24 AM
Author: dark bearded garrison

I will be the one who shitpoasts

Till

The

End

Of

Time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47089535)



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 11:45 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good Background Story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47089804)



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:55 AM
Author: Exhilarant shrine

wrong. it's about pure love.

"George Michael didn't ever specifically reveal what 'Father Figure' was about, but a lot can be gleaned from its lyrics. A love song, it features the narrator desperately wanting to be in a close and sexual relationship with someone they admire, and to also look after and be their 'father figure' of some kind."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47089621)



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Date: November 23rd, 2023 10:57 AM
Author: Exhilarant shrine

"In the song, George is searching for something "sacred" in a sexual partner, and hopes that it will protect both of them.

He also mentions something illegal, either literally or in the minds of others, singing “I have had enough of crime and "Sometimes love can be mistaken for a crime.” This potentially alludes to the general feeling towards gay people back in the 1980s, plus gay relationships were still illegal in many parts of the world (and still is).

The line “Put your tiny hand in mine" is particularly controversial. George was only 24 at the time, but he had a masculine image that made him seem far more mature than he was.

Whoever he was singing to, he wants to play the father or "teacher" role and act out the figure that Princess Diana and other women, men and young fans wanted him to be. He wanted to be their protector."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47089627)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:03 PM
Author: Exhilarant shrine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47102548)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:19 PM
Author: shimmering property sandwich

I remember how big the song was as a kid. In 1988, nobody was even really considering the possibility he was gay. It really was a simpler, better time. I assumed "put your tiny hand in mine" was because it was a girl with naturally smaller hands than his.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47102601)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:22 PM
Author: Exhilarant shrine

the 11 yo boy thought as he looked down at his small hands

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47102616)



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Date: November 26th, 2023 8:23 PM
Author: shimmering property sandwich

I'm 100% cynical now, but not when I was 8. I didn't even imagine it could be about a kid or a man. Simpler times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47102621)



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Date: November 29th, 2023 9:50 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good Background Story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47112081)



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:12 PM
Author: dark bearded garrison



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#48452730)



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Date: September 30th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband (oppose bitchbois)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#49315203)



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Date: April 28th, 2024 10:28 PM
Author: pink pungent halford

Adam Carolla has a great bit about how Freddie Mercury was basically screaming that he was gay in the 80s but everyone kept thinking "I bet he gets a ton of chicks"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmJHsmzTUug

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47616759)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 8:55 AM
Author: snowy cruel-hearted degenerate

180 song

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47130852)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 11:24 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good Background Story

He gets writing credit but there’s no way he wrote the melody. Some producer created that song

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47131312)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 11:26 AM
Author: snowy cruel-hearted degenerate

is he not good at melody or something?

he's got some great songs. One More try is another 1800

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47131320)



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Date: December 4th, 2023 11:39 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good Background Story

he was purely a producer driven act

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47131380)



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Date: December 15th, 2024 10:14 PM
Author: contagious canary ticket booth doctorate

WTF dude was talented as fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#48452738)



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Date: December 19th, 2023 10:11 AM
Author: Up-to-no-good Background Story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5448503&forum_id=2#47187760)